24 Chapter 24 Commissioned by Kriegan and Asuna Kirito.

Somehow my group managed to dodge Sherry Barnett when we came out of the large amphitheater so I wasn't drowned under the inquisitive girl's endless questions.

"Ughh... Boss, my brain feels like it's floating away after listening to you talk about those squiggly lines for so long." Delta whined and I chuckled at her reaction while I looked at Alpha.

I first flared my mana like how dolphins detected fish and other things with their echolocation and seeing no other mana signatures than those who were already with me I asked Alpha the more pressing question. "So how many students or staff members here are on our side?" I asked softly as we continued to walk towards the exit of the school so we could return to our holdings in the city itself.

Alpha blinked at my question and then softly answered. "We have fifteen students and three faculty members and a couple more staff members in other positions as we have kept in mind your prophetic words of the future." She explained and I nodded in understanding.

My so-called prophetic words about the school being attacked by the Diabolus Cult that is... It's a pity the Cult was made entirely of men as getting one of my Shadow Garden members into their ranks and finding out their hiding places were paramount for breaking the organization.

"If things are going to happen as I assume..." I started before drawing off with a bland look crossing my face as my senses pinged off someone standing at the end of the hallway we were about to cross into.

Turning down the hallway my flat face met the equally flat face of the once-supposed fiancee of Princess Alexia Zenon Griffey, the blond man who in canon kidnapped Alexia and had her experimented on by a Cult scientist.

"I didn't imagine I would be running into you right here." I said magnanimously putting on a mask of a smile as he stared daggers at me and with him being so silent my fake smile dropped as I coldly glared at him in return.

"You made a mistake by accepting Princess Alexia's hand... I am not some man you can cuck and walk over." He snarled with his hand tensing on his sword but then as tension ramped up in the room he shuddered before turning around and throwing open the door to the outside of the school by the time we got over there it was clear he used his magic to sprint off like a bitch rather than fight Alpha, myself and Delta as the rest of the girls were getting the carriage.

As I stood in a booth with my girls around me waiting for the carriage being driven by Tamamo, Zeta, and Beatrice. I snickered before bursting into laughter making the girls look at me strangely. "Sorry just a funny thought that struck me... Just never looked at that guy as someone I was cucking honestly Hahaha." I chuckled as I realized how despite Alexia hating the dude for the fake perfect mask he wore, technically they were kinda together so with my new status... Yeah, it was funny to me at least.

At my words, I felt Ereshkigal within me squirming at the mention of the marriage and I rolled my eyes as I refocused on Alpha speaking. "It's a pity he was in too public of an area for us to deal with then and there." She sighed before smiling with a deadly edge to it. "Thankfully I was able to tag him with a tracking seal Tamamo made me... So we will allow the rat to scurry about for a few days while we are in the city in public." Alpha said lounging against me with her head on my shoulder.

"Then when we are about to leave we will go everywhere he went and then smash everyone right Lady Alpha!" Delta said excitedly and Alpha chuckled gently with one of her hands elegantly lifting up to pat Delta between her ears as she spoke softly.

"Yes Delta, you and Zeta will go on a hunt while the rest of Shadow Garden goes on a purge." She whispered and I hummed in thought as I recollected the information I had on the upper levels of the Cult of Diabolus before shrugging.

"While you girls go for the Cult members here in the city, I suppose I will go over to Lindwurm with Alexia while Epsilion and Gamma come to help me clear out the major encampment they have beneath the city." I spoke up with a frown as I wondered if that army of clones of the Elf hero could be repurposed for Shadow Garden's use.

To say nothing of the disembodied soul of the uncorrupted witch Aurora, that became the demon Diabolos later in life.

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A couple minutes later Beatrice who was driving the carriage arrived at our pickup point and we all climbed in with Tamamo hogging me after seeing how Delta and Alpha were getting physical affection from me.

"Alright take us to Ganma's mega mall," I called out to Beatrice as the mall was our stronghold in the city. It was warded to hell and back, and had several areas set aside for Shadow Garden members to wind down while they were operating in the capital.

Although I hadn't been there yet, I knew Gamma and Eta spent most of their time here rather than at our mega-church back in the countryside and they had some interesting things to say about the facilities. Honestly, I was mostly looking forward to the hot tub with massaging jets that Eta made over here to help the Shadow Garden girls wind down from the harsh training they went through.

"Oooh, I love Gamma's mall! There are so many small restaurants and so much food to try hehe." Delta said excitedly and I chuckled as I ran my fingers through Tamamo's floofy fox ears atop her head.

"Oh course the doggy is just thinking about eating food like a pig." Zeta sniped at Delta and the wolf girl's black-haired tail went stiff as she snarled at her rival.

"And the alley cat only gets the scraps that are thrown in the trash... If she is lucky she may even catch a mouse if she isn't particularly fat and smelly that day!" Delta said viciously and I groaned at the argument that would always spark between the two.

It was only when their argument broke Alpha's concentration as she was reading some reports did the argument stop as Alpha bound the two up in thick tendrils of smokey shadows to keep them quiet so she could read in peace.

Once we got to the 'Myriad Mall' that was Gamma's mega-mall I followed Alpha as she was leading me to Gamma and Eta while the other girls were going to do their own things at the mall.